Marguerite PREJEAN dite LEBRETON

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abt. 1712 , Acadia, Canada

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Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON Andree SAVOIE

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Born: abt. 1712 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON

Mother: Andree SAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: François SAVOIE , Catherine LEJEUNE

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Marguerite married René DUGUAY 7 October 1733 in Pabos, Chandler, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
René DUGUAY was born abt. 1710 in Bretagne, France (Brittany). René died 1 July 1776 in Pabos, Chandler, Quebec, Canada.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Marguerite PREJEAN dite LEBRETON married

René DUGUAY
Marriage date: 7 October 1733
Marriage place: Pabos, Chandler, Quebec, Canada

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Children of René DUGUAY and Marguerite PREJEAN dite LEBRETON

Marie-Anne DUGUAY

Born: abt. 1733, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 19 January 1821, Paspébiac, Quebec, Canada

Married: Jacques HUARD 1760

Genevieve DUGUAY

Born: abt. 1735, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 12 November 1795, Paspebiac, Canada

Married: Francois HUARD 25 June 1753

Catherine Therese DUGUAY

Born: abt. 1737, Pabos, Quebec, Canada
Died: 4 April 1809, Paspébiac, Quebec, Canada

Married: Mathurin LEBRASSEUR 25 June 1753 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jacques DUGUAY

Born: abt. 1739, , Canada
Died: 24 March 1829, Paspébiac, Quebec, Canada

Married: Veronique CHAPADOS 1764 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

François DUGUAY

Born: abt. 1740, Gaspé, Canada, New France
Died: 24 June 1815, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Madeleine Joannis CHAPADEAU (CHAPADOS) 4 May 1761 Place: Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Jean Marie DUGUAY

Born: abt. 1742, Pasbos, Quebec, Canada
Died: 24 December 1810, Paspébiac, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne TAREAU dite CHAMPAGNE 17 October 1768 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie Josephe DUGUAY

Born: 27 August 1751, Pasbos, Quebec, Canada
Died: abt. 1830, , New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste MALLET 1770 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

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